美髮

Chinese

		beautiful; beauty; America	hair
trad. (美髮)		美	髮
simp. (美发)		美	发

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): měifà, měifǎ

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄟˇ ㄈㄚˋ, ㄇㄟˇ ㄈㄚˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mei⁵ faat³
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): bí-hoat

  (Teochew, Peng'im): mui² huag⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: měifà
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄟˇ ㄈㄚˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: měifà
    • Wade–Giles: mei³-fa⁴
    • Yale: měi-fà
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: meeifah
    • Palladius: мэйфа (mɛjfa)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /meɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ fä⁵¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: měifǎ [Phonetic: méifǎ]
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄟˇ ㄈㄚˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: měifǎ
    • Wade–Giles: mei³-fa³
    • Yale: měi-fǎ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: meeifaa
    • Palladius: мэйфа (mɛjfa)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /meɪ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ fä²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: mei⁵ faat³
    • Yale: méih faat
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mei⁵ faat⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: méi⁵ fad³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mei̯¹³ faːt̚³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bí-hoat
    • Tâi-lô: bí-huat
    • Phofsit Daibuun: by'hoad
    • IPA (Xiamen): /bi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ huat̚³²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /bi⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ huat̚⁵/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /bi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ huat̚³²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /bi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ huat̚³²/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /bi⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ huat̚³²/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: mui² huag⁴
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: múi huak
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mui⁵²⁻³⁵ huak̚²/

Noun

美髮

1. hairdressing

Derived terms

• 美髮師／美发师 (měifàshī)
• 美髮店／美发店 (měifàdiàn)